Our friends at the National Rifle Association, which foolishly endorsed Trump, learned this the hard way when barely a fortnight after putting their imprimatur on the Trump campaign he turned around endorsed the Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton position on stripping Americans of their Second Amendment rights without any sort of due process through executive fiat. He’ll tell the NRA what they want to hear, and he’ll tell the gun-loathing soccer moms in suburbia what they want to hear, too.

He’ll make whatever vow he thinks will get him what he wants. And if you want to know how serious he is about vows, ask the NRA, or Mrs. Trump, or Mrs. Trump, or Mrs. Trump.

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With that in mind, ask yourself this question: Given that the shortfall of our total future government obligations — not the obligations themselves, just how short we are of paying them — almost equals the entire stock of wealth accumulated by the entire human race over the course of its history, what do you imagine the chances are that those obligations will be paid out in the future at their present value?

Don’t ask me to show my work here, but I’m going to go with something in the neighborhood of 0.0000000 percent.”

Rotherham is a particular disgrace because it shows that once again multiculturalism trumps everything, including the safety of young girls. The shocking revelations about Rotherham two years ago should have resulted in a final repudiation of European political correctness. Sadly, it didn’t. And some of England’s most vulnerable residents are paying the price.

But politicians from both sides of the divide and rights groups were united in opposition to the draft, which includes clauses for a fully appointed Senate that would be picked by the junta, with seats reserved for chiefs of the armed forces.

Other provisions would make it difficult for a single party to win a majority in the 500-member lower house, likely meaning weak coalitions, and allowing the appointed Senate to play a critical role in parliament.